Egg-boiling rack



F. J. VIERLING, F. R. BARTHOLOMEW AND M. H. SMITH EGG BOILING RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. 1919.

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F. J. WERLING, F. R. BARTHOLOMEW AND M. H. SMITH.

EGG BOILING RACK. APPLlCATlON FILED JULY 12. 1919.

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EEANK J. vIE LINe, EEE It. BAR'IHOLOMEW, AND MILO SMITH, OF MINNE- APOLIS, MINNESOTA, AssIsNoEs TO STERLING SPECIALTIES MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MI ESOTA, A CORPORATION or MINNESOTA.

EGG-BGILING RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented l 13 192 1 Application filed July 12, 1919. Serial NO. 310,476.

To all whom it may concern; 7

Be it known that we, FRANKJ. VIERLING, FRED It. BAnrnoLoMEw, and M LO H. SMITH, citizens of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-B0iling Racks; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. A

Our invention has for its object to provide a simple and ellicient egg boiling rack that is very cheap to manufacture; and, to this end, it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the im proved egg boiling rack;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in elevation and partly in central vertical section illustrating the rack filled with eggs and placed within a dish of boiling water; I

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan View of the body of the rack;

Fig. l is a plan view of the blank from which the improved egg boiling rack is formed; and

Fig. 5 is a detail view in section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

The improved egg boiling rack is stamped by suitable dies, not shown, from a single sheet of metal and comprises a body member 6, having egg receiving holes 7, leg forming lips 8, and two diametrically opposite bail forming portions 9, in one of which is formed, as shown, three lips 10, and in the other of which is formed a like number of cooperating slots 11.

The rack body 6 is of annular form and the egg receiving holes 7 are located, one within the center of said body, and the others are circumferentially spaced therearound. To permit free circulation of water around the eggs at in the rack, the holes 7 have an irregular formation which, as shown, is hexagonal.

The leg forming lips 8 correspond in number to the outer egg receiving holes 7 and are formed from the material that is necessary to be removed to form said outer holes. The leg forming lips 8 are integral with the outermost edges of the outer egg receiving holes 7 and are adapted to be bent laterally downward on the broken lines indicated at X to afford the legs for the egg receiving rack. Preferably, as shown, the lower ends of the legs 8 are also bent laterally outward on, curved lines to afford feet.

The bail forming portions 9 are located outward of the rack body 6 and are con centric therewith except at their end portions which project within the projected periphery of said body as indicated at Y by means of broken lines. These bail forming portions 9 are adapted to be bent on the lines Z laterally toward each otherabove the rack body 6 and connected, by the co operating lips 10 and slots 11. l

In the completedegg boiling rack, the bails 9 are within the periphery of the body 6 and by thus locating said bails it is possible to place the egg boiling rack withing a pan B that is only slightly larger in diameter than said body. In the drawings, the water in the pan B is shown as extending over the bails 9, but in actual usage the water need only cover the eggs. After the eggs are placed in the rack, said rack may be placed within the pan and after cooking the desired length of time, said rack may be lifted from the pan and placed on a table, thus making it necessary to handle the eggs only at the time they are placed in the rack and when removed therefrom at the table to be eaten. A

As the blanks for making the egg boiling racks come from the dies, they may be packed in flat form and shipped, thus occupying very little shipping and storing space and they may be sold to customers in this form and then bent into shape by the customers after the same have been taken home. It will thus be seen that the egg boiling racks may be very cheaply produced and shipped.

What we claim is I 1. A sheet metal blank for making an egg boiling rack, having egg receiving holes, leg forming lips extending into certain of said holes, and two diametrically opposite bail forming portions located outward of the body of the rack and adapted to be bail forming portions located outward of the body of the racksnd adapted tobe turned into upright positions over the center of therack, the junction of the ends of the bail forming portions with the body of the rack being Within the circul'ar'line of the periphery oi said body.

AL sheet metal blank for making nn' egg boiling. rack, having, egg receiving holes,

said holes, two: diametrically opposite bsil forming portions l0C tli6Cl' outward of the body of the mole-and a cooperating inter-'- locking'li'p and, slot in the bail forming" line of the periphery of body [and 4.: sheet metal bl'anlrior making egg boiling rack, having a, central egg'receiving h'olennd outer egg receivingholes circumferent'ial lyspaced there'eronnd, leg forming slips extending into the outer egg receiving holes, and two dismetricitlly OppOSltfl'bitll forming portions located outward of the body of the rackand aditptedto be turned into n pri ght positions over the center of the rack. V I

5 Eli-egg boiling rackformed from a the easy erthe "man as diametrically oppo= single sheet of metal and comprising a body member having egg receivi ig holes, legs at the edges of ee 'injolt" s ziidliols, and two bzti1s',t'he"nrls of when, j 1" with the body of'tli'e fanaat aiametneany opposite. points and adapted to be turned into upright positions over the center of the rack. egg boiling rack formed; fro ne single sheet of metal and comprising'ej body member having egg receiving holes, legs at the edges or" certain of said holes, tWo bails, the ends of which sire iriteggiittl with the body of the rack at diametrically o posite poi'nts, aiid air-"interlocking lip' slot connecting" sziidtwobails. d

7. An egg boi rack formsfrom 1 single sheet o f nzetitl' antl coniprising" at body member having egg" receii ing lioles, legs its the e dges of certain of s'ziid lioles, and two bails, theends of whichere integial ii' ith' site points mn-1bcdted Within thddifcu-IQT 

